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J. N. KEEPER & W. A. REYNOLDS. Coffin.

No. 233,356. Patented Oct. 19,1880.

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WITNESSES INVENTORS n JACOB N-KEEFE-R n \m wm WILLIAM AREYNOLDS A erNPETERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D'C.

UNITED STATES J AGOB N. KEEFER AND WILLIAM A.

PATENT OFFICE.

REYNOLDS, OF WARRENSBURG, ILL.

COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 233,356, dated October19, 1880.

Application filed June 2, 1879.

To all'whom it may concern Be it known that we, JACOB N. KEEFER andWILLIAM A. REYNOLDS, both residents of the town of Warrensburg, countyof Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Coffins, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to coffins, and is designed, first, to furnish asafe and superior means by which coffins may be lowered into graves,and, second, to act as fastenings for the lids The device consists in aset of rods or hands extending along the inside surface of the coffin,securely attached to the bottom, and provided with ornamental knobs orprojections above the surface of the coffin, said knobs each constructedwith a horizontal slot of suitable dimensions to admit the strap or bandgenerally used to lower coffins, and provided with threads which screwonto the ends of the rods in the manner of thumb-nuts.

1n the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a vertical section of the head of a coffin, with deviceshown as connected with a cross-piece or band on the lower surface ofsaid coffin. 2 is a verticaksection of the foot of a coffin, showing asingle rod terminating in a strap bent to conform to the inside surfaceof the coffin and attached by screws or other suitable means thereto, asalso shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of coffin andrough box, showing posit-ion of device with relation Fig.

to the ends of coffin, and also the slots in the knobs. Fig. 4 showsvarious conformations of or substitutions for the slot in the knobs,each of which may be ornamented in a suitable manner.

A represents the coffin; B B, the rods or bands; 0, the knobs, withslots 0. D D are the bands or straps used for lowering purposes, and Eshows the rough box provided with knobs attached, which knobs need notbe so elaborate as those used on the coffin.

The device is designed to be attached in such a manner that whatever itspeculiar construction or position on the coffin the lining will concealit.

In the drawings the coffin shown is supposed to be of medium size. Inlarger sizes the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 is used on both ends, and,if necessary, in the middle also. ,In small sizes the band attachment inFig. 2

is preferred.

Having thus described our invention, we claim Thelowerin g device 0,constructed as shown, in combination with straps D D and rods B B, allfor the purpose of securing the coffinlid and lowering the coffin intograves, substantially as herein set forth.

WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS. JACOB N. KEEFER.

Attest T. P. BROWN, LEVI P. GRAHAM.

